European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday Aprim 9, 1991u.s. Cities rated for environment Washington apr Albany n.y., and Independence mo., tied for the Best score and Elpaso Texas came in last in a rating of environmental stress among the 204 largest american cities surveyed by Zero population growth the population control group rated air Quality water Quality quid availability sewage toxic releases and population change for All cities of at least 100,000 people. A increases in . Population Are placing enormous demands on the environment a Susan Weber executive director of mpg said wednesday. The Washington based non profit organization claims 35,000 members nationwide. A was a consequence the Urban environment is deteriorating and residents Are experiencing a i. To finishing Quality t f life a she said. Each City was ranked on a scale of i to 5 in each of the five categories. The average was calculated yielding an Overall score. Elpaso scored 4.4, trailed by Reno nev., at 4.2. Five cities tied for third worst Irvine Calif., and four in Arizona Mesa Phoenix Scottsdale and Tempe. \. Albany and Independence each got a score of 2.0. Some 10 cities tied for third at 2.2 Berkeley Calif. Billings Mont. Eugene Ore. Lansing Mich. Madison wis Oakland Calif Omaha neb. Springfield Iii Tulsa okla. And water Bury to Cut Energy use Washington at a president. Bush ordered Federal agencies to reduce Energy consumption the while House announced thursday. The order will require that Federal buildings reduce their Energy use by 20 percent by 1995,. Said presiden rial press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater. It also will require Federal vehicles to reduce fuel consumption by 10 per a cent. A a a a Quot a a. A a a a Quot v a Washington a the new chairman of the Republican party said wednesday that he opposes abortion and wants to maintain the Gopas anti Abor lion platform. Clayton Yeutter a remarks signified a departure from the course set by his predecessor the late Lee Atwater who last year described his party As a a big tent Able to accommodate Many views on abortion. Yeutter a comments at a meeting with several reporters also guaranteed that republicans would be fighting among themselves Over their party a formal abortion position at the 1992 convention. A the existing language in the platform on that subject and a Good Many other subjects is consists ent with the View that a been Laid out by the president and by the administration. That a a View that i share Quot Yeutter said. Yeutter said president Bush probably wont formally announce his candidacy for re election until Yeutter next year and contended Bush a handling of the persian Gulf War would be a potent plus for him regardless of the War s Messy aftermath. The 1988 gop platform says an unborn child has a right to life supports a human life Amend ment to the Constitution and says the 14th amendment guaranteeing equal Protection applies to unborn Chil. Deri. It opposes the use of Public funds for abortion. Asked about the direction taken by Atwater Yeutter said he still considers the gop a big tent a i done to see anything in the language of that plat form that would preclude people of divergent views from being supportive of the president or of the Republican parly Quot he said. But Mary Dent Crisp a former inc co chairwoman and now chairwoman of Republican coalition for Choice said Cutie re a yen Parks were disappointing and contrary to the spirit of Atwaters attempts to open the i think Lee understood that this is the Way the party is going to grow and this is the Way the party is going to govern because the Public is pro Choice a Crisp said. Crisp noted that Bush raised millions of dollars for three pro Choice women who gave up their House seats last year to Challenge Senate incumbents. All three a Lynn Martin of Illinois Patricia Saiki of Hawaii and Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island lost. A we should change the rhetoric to match the actions a Crisp said. A a we re going to do Battle in 1992.�?� the executive director of the National abortion rights action league Kate Michelman said her organization was deeply concerned about Yeutter a Yeutter appears to have folded up the big tent that other Republican leaders attempted to pitch More than a year ago a she said. A the majority of republicans like the majority of All americans Are Yeutter said the War would be a a major consideration for the american voting Public and said the con Gressional vote on whether to authorize the War a is Likely to be recalled Over and Over again by american voters As they evaluate a most democrats voted against giving Bush authority to wage War. He predicted the issues would include Bush a general competence a he so running the government Well in All he also cited education economic growth and civil rights As Likely issues. Yeutter criticized democratic support for pending Bills on civil rights guaranteed family leave textile Protection and hiring policies during strikes As Weil As the party s opposition to a free Trade agreement with Mexico. The democratic National committee passed a Resolution last month denouncing the Trade agreement As a a disaster for workers in both pulls to and reminiscent of . Beating Fountain Valley Calif. A i Hyundai motor America corp. Has withdrawn a to commercial following complaints it conjures tip the videotaped police beating of a Black Motorist. A we Are going to have tins commercial sent to an advertising research firm to determine whether or not we should run it a spokesman Bill Wolf said wednesday. A depending on tile reaction Well run it or it w ill be Wolf said the Southern California advertising firm of Backer Spielvogel Bates wrote the commercial before the. March 3 beating of Rodney King and it was in production when King was beaten by los Angeles police officers King was pulled Over for speeding in a Hyundai and was kicked clubbed and shocked with a stun gun in a beating captured on video by a bystander. The commercial features a Chase in which a policeman in an inexpensive Hyundai sonata overtakes a Bow and arrests the Driver of the German luxury car. As the Driver spreads his hands across the Back of the policeman s car he asks a Hyundai a. The commercial was scheduled to premiere thursday night in the United slates during it lev checks a the most watched series on television. But the negative reactions of advertising executives and Community leaders quoted in wednesdays los Angeles times prompted Hyundai executives to withdraw the 3l second and. Hyundai itself became part of the beating controversy when police officers claimed Kings 1988 Hyundai Excel had been travelling at up to 115 Mph. The car manufacturer publicly stated its cars had never been docked above 100 Mph. Wolf said of the commercial a it Wasny to something that we Felt bore any relationship to anything else at All. We thought it was a Good commercial. We thought it said something about the Hyundai product a that it has similar performance values of the bmw.�?�. Cubans rescued two . officials throw lire vests to five cubans found floating on a raft some 30 Miles West of key West fla., on wednesday. Another 34 cubans were found in the keys on thursday the coast guard news service for airports unveiled Atlanta up a Turner broadcasting system inc. Unveiled plans wednesday for the Airport Channel a National television new s sen ice that will deliver live programming to airline terminals across the country. A company spokesmen said the six week Pilot project w ill be the first air Trad sen ice to offer network Quality video w ii sound. The Airport Channel which will be tested june 3-july 14 in Atlanta. Chicago and Dallas airports will consist of news consumer and travel features produced and anchored by can headline news. American Delta and lated airlines have signed on. Reports will be presented in a 30-minute newscast customized for each Airport and transmitted by satellite _4 hours a Jay. The Airport Channel a new wheel Quot will be updated continuously and beamed directly to Monitor. At each airline n departure Eules. The Channel i it expected to Appeal to traditional National Sij has automobile and credit card companies. Commercials Are expected Lake up about a percent of the air time. The test a spoke Rev Wei involve up to 16 National advert a m -1 n
